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Epidemiology of whiplash: an international dilemma

562 Heritage Medical Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada TG6 2S2 Whiplash associated disorders have become an international medicolegal and social dilemma. Physicians are ...
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The global burden of rheumatoid arthritis: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study

8 Faculty of Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 9 Department of Rheumatology, St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 10 Monash Department of Clinical ...
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Does hydrotherapy improve strength and physical function in patients with osteoarthritis—a randomised controlled trial comparing a gym based and a hydrotherapy based ...

1 Flinders University Department of Rehabilitation and Aged Care, Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia 2 Physiotherapy Department, Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia ...
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POS1545 MODULATION OF SERUM BIOMARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH PSA TREATED WITH RISANKIZUMAB IN THE PHASE 3 KEEPSAKE 2 STUDY

1 AbbVie Inc, Precision Medicine Immunology, South San Francisco, United States of America 2 AbbVie Inc, Data Science and Statistics, North Chicago, United States of America 3 AbbVie, Data Science and ...
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EULAR Sjögren's Syndrome Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI): development of a consensus patient index for primary Sjögren's syndrome

Objectives To develop a score for assessment of patients' symptoms in primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS): the EULAR SS Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI). Methods Dryness, pain, somatic and mental fatigue ...
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Radiographic scoring methods as outcome measures in rheumatoid arthritis: properties and advantages

UPRES EA 1124- Ecole de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine, Nancy, France Professor F Guillemin, Ecole de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine, 9 Avenue de la Forêt de Haye, BP 184, F 54500 Vandoeuvre ...
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ASDAS, a highly discriminatory ASAS-endorsed disease activity score in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

7 Maastricht University Medical Center and CAPHRI Research Institute, Maastricht, The Netherlands Correspondence to Professor D van der Heijde, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical ...
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Leflunomide use during pregnancy and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes

Objectives Leflunomide is known to be embryotoxic and teratogenic in rodents. However, there is less evidence in humans. We quantified the risk of major congenital malformation (MCM), prematurity, low ...
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Efficacy of biological agents in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a systematic review using indirect comparisons

1 Department of Pediatrics/Pediatric Rheumatology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Epidemiology and Radiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ...
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A Phase II study of the efficacy and safety of rontalizumab (rhuMAb interferon-α) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (ROSE)

Objectives To examine the safety and efficacy of rontalizumab, a humanised IgG1 anti-interferon α (anti-IFN-α) monoclonal antibody, in patients with moderate-to-severe systemic lupus erythematosus ...
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Preliminary results of safety and efficacy of the interleukin 1 receptor antagonist anakinra in patients with severe lupus arthritis

Background: Joint involvement occurs in most patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and severe lupus arthritis is often refractory to conventional treatments. Anakinra is used in the ...
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Smoking history, alcohol consumption, and systemic lupus erythematosus: a case-control study

Dr K R Muir, Division of Public Health Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Community Health Sciences, University Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH. OBJECTIVE To investigate the ...